By Paul Malov The first round of the Victorian Bream Classics series for 2014 kicked off last weekend down in the heart of Melbourne. Anglers took off from Williamstown and could fish anywhere in the bay, as long as they got there by boat and followed all other tournament rules. Some teams traveled as far…
By Tom Deer With the water starting to warm up myself and Shane Murton headed up to Port Pirie for session on the YF whiting , made all the more exciting as they were tuned into and keen on surface lures. We traveled up separately, as Shane wanted to stay on for the opening of…
by James Ison Over the holidays, we decided it was time to go and give a few local reefs a look for some bottom dwelling fish while the seas were calm. The morning started with getting a tank full of pencil sized slimy mackerel for live bait and we got to our spot just after sun up.…
Paul Malov fishing with his father Alex Franchuk have recently beaten 67 other teams from all around Australia, to take out the season ending ABT Bream Classic Championship which was held at Mallacoota on November 5&6 2013. After a solid pre-fish, catching 6-8 legal fish and leaving a number of areas un-touched, due to previous…
by Nick Reay Every Christmas sees my family take the 2hr drive to Narooma to celebrate Christmas with the inlaws. It’s not just the opening of the presents that my son looks forward to, for him this is a chance to tangle with one of the toughest fish in the ocean in his eyes –…
by Darren Asquith of Untamed Flyfishing This is a bonefish fly I designed for fishing drop-offs on the Christmas Island flats and is a great fly for targeting BIG bonefish. It is pretty much an oversized “Christmas Island Special” fly, but I have changed the over-wing material to Finn Raccoon, which takes on a lovely translucency…
by Nick Wood Yes it’s still possible to catch snapper off the rocks if you know when and where to go. I spent a couple of days fishing with some newly made friends just north of Batemans bay recently and had a ball down south. I met Gary and Lee at a BCF talk night…
The Gamakatsu Short Shank Magic Eye is a new treble from Gamakatsu and like all Gamakatsu hooks, it is produced in Japan using only high tensile strength steel and is chemically sharpened. Using chemically sharpened hooks results in increased hook-up rates and this new hook is no exception. This is a medium duty hook built on 2x…
When I chase snapper using bait in my home state of SA I use the hyper swivel to attach a running sinker to my main line and the Hyper ez snap with hyper swivel to attach the pre tied 4/0 Gamakatsu Octopus twin hook rig to the main line. This set up allows for the…
by James Ison The warm water pelagics have just about all left us here at home on the north coast of NSW, so I thought I would take the time to recap on what was an up and down season. The start of the season saw a great run of juvenile black marlin in close…